Miami Dade College hosts food forum to preview Expo Milano 2015

March 10, 2015 4:25 PM

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Miami Dade College on Thursday hosts a daylong food forum that features culinary educators, chefs, restaurateurs and others. Feeding the Planet: Energy for Life includes panel talks on American food and its relationship to health and culture, as well as a luncheon that will honor restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich with a Food for Life award.

The event also serves as an official precursor to the U.S. participation in Expo Milano 2015, a food-focused world fair that runs May 1 through Oct. 31 in Milan, Italy. The National Italian American Foundation Leadership will give a $25,000 educational grant to Miami Dade College for hosting the for...